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The picturesque Burgh Island Swim event will take place on September 4th when an estimated 160 swimmers take to the one-mile swim off Bigbury on Sea off the South Devon coast. The swim that will offer one of Britain’s most spectacular round-island swims. The approximate time for the swim is 40-60 minutes and registration for […]
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BoingBoing posted a photo by Kieran Doherty of Reuters of a swimmer at the recent UK Cold Water Swimming Champonships who represented the humanoid swim team of Cybermen, a fictional race of cyborgs and enemies of the Doctor in the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. The Cybermen Swim Cap has yet to go
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Honeymoon in Hawaii? A romantic trip to Maui? Rest and relaxation on the Big Island? Surfing on the North Shore? Wind surfing with the trade winds? Not for Chris and Penny Palfrey. The duo will head back to Hawaii for another set of challenging channel swims. Penny, the 48-year-old International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jack LaLanne, a renowned and early fitness icon in the United States, died this week at the age of 96. He had a popular television show and was always doing exhibitions in the open water to colorfully demonstrate his fitness and how important fitness is for everyone. In 1954
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Michael Read, Today On WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA Live, Huntington Beach, California. An epic swim. Michael Read did them. Over and over and over again. He is a legend. Like few others in the sport. 33 times across the English Channel, one which started with frost on the ground. Beyond the English Channel, he
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SwimOutlet.com launched its new Sporti Slogan Tee Collection. Lily Saleh explains, “A couple of months ago, we ran a slogan contest asking our followers to submit their creative slogans and then vote on the judges top 10 favorite. ‘I Pity The Pool’ became the winning slogan, but nine others also got developed.” The shirts bring
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Competitive swimmers around the world do a variety of very difficult interval sets. The sets can range from college teams doing 100 x 100s during Christmas training sessions or Ned Denison pushing English Channel aspirants to 100 x 200s in winter or long open water swimming sets like 10 miles of kicking, or 10 miles
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The World Open Water Swimming Association was privy to the tremendously detailed log that Gary Emich has compiled of his 761 solo swims to and from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. It is impressive. Extremely impressive. His log – presented in an Excel spreadsheet – provides information on each and every Alcatraz swim he
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Since turning the age of 50, Chris Palfrey of Townsville in Queensland, Australia has become an accomplished and prolific member of the Half Century Club, a special group of individuals – marathon swimmers over the age of 50 who have conquered channels around the world. Chris is proving to thrive in the Fountain of Youth
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If you are a Super Swimmer, there is a deal for you down in Cape Town, South Africa. The Cadiz Freedom Swim, one of the world’s top swims, is not only offering US$10,000 for the overall winner of its 7.5K race from Robben Island to the mainland that offers
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